March 12 is the 44th Arbor Day in my country.
The Office of the National Greening Committee released the "2021 China Land Greening Status Bulletin" on the 11th, showing that 3.6 million hectares of afforestation have been completed nationwide, 3.0667 million hectares of grassland have been improved by planting grass, and 1.44 million hectares of desertified and rocky desertification land has been controlled.
Key ecological projects will be implemented in depth.
Completed 1.1333 million hectares of natural forest tending, 380,800 hectares and 23,900 hectares of farmland to forest and 23,900 hectares respectively, and 342,600 hectares of key shelterbelt projects such as the Yangtze River, Pearl River, Coastal and Taihang Mountains, and 895,900 hectares of the Three North Projects. , Beijing-Tianjin sandstorm source control project completed afforestation of 212,500 hectares, completed 330,000 hectares of rocky desertification comprehensive control, and built 405,300 hectares of national reserve forests.
Accurately improve forest quality and complete the restoration of 933,300 hectares of degraded forests.
The newly added soil erosion control area was 62,000 square kilometers.
The protection and restoration of grasslands and wetlands has been effectively strengthened.
1.5626 million hectares of grassland ecological restoration were carried out.
72,700 hectares of degraded wetlands were newly added and restored.
Steady progress was made in the prevention and control of desertification, and pilot projects of desert ecological protection compensation were carried out in 7 provinces and autonomous regions.
The protection and management of forest and grassland resources has been comprehensively strengthened, and the number of forest fires, the area of damaged forests, and the area of damaged grasslands have all shown a downward trend.
The national pine wood nematode epidemic prevention and control effect has initially shown, and the spread trend has slowed down.
The national forestry and grassland pest control areas reached 9.6667 million hectares and 13.7333 million hectares respectively.
At the same time, new achievements have been made in the development of green and enriching industries.
The national economic forest area has remained above 40 million hectares, and 251,300 hectares of camellia oleifera forests have been newly rebuilt.
The number of ecotourism tourists reached 2.093 billion, a year-on-year increase of more than 12%.